Last October 26, 2007, Forbes.com had this article on "A Decade of Disruption" and it's really interesting because of the the impact of these innovations in our lives in the last 10 years.
The latest post can now be found in our social media, by clicking on the gallery above.
Also, as part of our "disruption", we will transition our blog into a social media for the Filipino innovation community.
This is also in response to (UP Vice Chancellor for Research and Development) Dr. Luis Sison's advice to open our initiative to more technology groups, competitions and projects that will cater not just one sector, but for us to encourage more who are into the fields of research, inventions, collaborations, technology and innovations.
In turn, we believe that this niche will be able to reach out to more Filipinos worldwide with the convergence of new ideas and collaborations of various initiatives with the participation of more sectors in our social media.
It's also very encouraging to note that more are responding to our invitation for interviews from the different sectors such as the government agencies, academe, etc.
More on this "disruptive development" in the coming weeks...
Friday, September 26, 2008
disruptive innovations
Monday, September 15, 2008
More about the great Guy!
In a recent event, SAS Premiere Business Leadership conference, held at the Trident Hotel in India, INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Lawrence Casiraya was able to interview one of the most popular Silicon Valley VCs and is also a well-known technology author - Mr. Guy Kawasaki.
source: http://www.inquirer.net/
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Our Country's S&T Today
In a recent interview by Inquirer.net with our two key personalities in the field of Science and Technology, I found it interesting to note that despite of our country's limitation to become at par with the rest of our neighboring countries, the Department of Science and Technology is still doing its best to produce the experts which our country really need.
As indicated by DOST Sec. Estrella Alabastro, our national government is in need of more support for our various S&T programs to flourish.
On the other hand...
On the state of Physics in the country, just imagine that we only have around 70-80 physicists out of almost 90 million Filipinos right now.
I myself dreamt of being one in my childhood days, but at least, seeing my sister Rubilyn Diane finished her Physics Major with a scholarship provided by the DOST and is now teaching this knowledge in a government secondary school in Quezon City, is already an accomplishment for my family. Also, Michael Andrew, a brother of mine, is presently a DOST scholar taking up his computer engineering at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
As for its 5B budget...
I've noticed in a TV news that the DOST is in need of roughly 5.4 billion to support and finance its programs. I agree with some of our lawmakers that this is not enough and for me, we can possibly increase their finances through allocation from the E-VAT revenue.
Let's continue to support our DOST and our country's scientists and engineers!
source: www.inquirer.net
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Solar in Nueva Ecija
It was just around 2 weeks ago when I first noticed the solar initiative by the Nueva Ecija Provincial Government. From the poster that I saw, this was made possible by both Gov. Aurelio Umali and his wife, Cong. Cherry Umali.
It's indeed an example of good governance in terms of providing basic services while helping our environment.
This interview was conducted by Inquirer.net multimedia reporter Izah Morales and video was taken by production specialist Edzelle Pena.
Is there any other province in the Philippines who have already made the same initiative?
source: inquirer.net
Sphere: Related Content
Friday, September 5, 2008
A Great Loss to the Filipino IT Community
Sphere: Related Content
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Digital Rights, anyone?
In a recent post by Erick Schonfeld of Techcrunch.com, it is interesting to note that despite the pervasiveness of online lifestyle that we enjoy now, there are concerns which we need to look deeper at, such as...
"The Right to Use and Reuse Content: Consumers know that digital copies of songs, words, and videos are qualitatively different than physical copies, yet copyright law treats them the same way. When the economics of scarcity no longer apply, consumers start to behave differently. They copy and reuse content in unforeseen ways. The pendulum has swung so far that normal consumer behavior has now been criminalized. The concept of fair use needs to be updated and clarified, while still balancing the fundamental right of copyright holders to profit from their creations.
The Right To Control Digital Property On Your Own Device: Possession may be nine tenths of the law, but digital devices don’t follow that rule. When it comes to digital property, who owns what is ill-defined. This can become especially complicated when content is tied to a specific device. If I download a digital book to my Kindle or an app to my iPhone, Amazon or Apple (to pick on them again) have the ability to pull any content from my device without notice or permission. Even if I’ve paid for the content in question. Copyright law and DRM technologies are so intertwined and confused that both consumers and companies could benefit from clearer rules of the road.
The Right To The Free Flow Of Information: Internet service providers, especially those who benefit from public rights of way, should not be allowed to discriminate against information by data type. Debates about Net Neutrality can get bogged down in discussions about content filtering, packet prioritization, and backbone peering rules. But the issue here is basic access to the Internet and all the data that it contains. Data is information and artificial limits on what kinds of data can flow through the Internet’s pipes can amount to a form of censorship.
The Right To (Some) Privacy: For the most part, the expectation of privacy is dead on the Web. But the privacy of certain types of information (health, financial) will always need to be protected. Federal guidelines for how to protect consumer data is preferable to a hodgepodge of industry and state regulations that are currently failing us. (Who wants to book a room at the Best Western?) Privacy laws are also inconsistent in the physical and digital worlds. The Bork law, for instance, makes it illegal for physical video stores to share my rental records, but iTunes or Amazon could sell my digital video or music purchases without running afoul of the law.
The Right to Control Your Digital Identity: And what happens when the “content” in question is your own digital identity. Who owns that? The answer should be that you do. Congress is certainly interested in this issue, and wants to make sure that online advertising networks don’t abuse their possession of your identity data to bombard you with ads. In fact, Google and Yahoo, have been making preemptive moves in an attempt to stave off regulation. But politicians may want to take a closer look at the EU’s privacy directive, which has been in effect for more than decade. Citizens should be able certify that the digital identity associated with their name in a given database is in fact theirs and to revoke access to that identity information on a case-by-case basis."
Will this be possible in the Philippines? If our legislation was able to make E-Commerce Bill into a law, why not something like this. Of course, with the proliferation of the many so-called "scandals" I believe that this will be helpful to provide more protection to our online life.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Big Leap in our Elections
According to the Commission on Elections recent announcement and I quote,
"As of August 12, sixty percent (60%) of 5170 precincts in the entire Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has already transmitted results of the elections.
For Maguindanao, 95.2% of the total number of precincts has already transmitted poll results. It was followed by Shariff Kabunsuan with 91.01% and Basilan, 69.53%. The other provinces have slower transmission namely Lanao del Sur (52.67%), Tawi-Tawi, (39%) and Sulu with 27.07%.
Vince Dizon, Spokesperson of Smartmatic-Sahi added that we are almost complete with the transmission of the elections results from Maguindanao. Transmission in 17 municipalities has already been 100% completed while the rest have already reached the 95% level. The speed has accelerated significantly after a few hours after the closing of the polls.
Definitely, there are still many areas where we can improve the automated system as we prepare for the 2010 elections."
This, despite the on-going conflict in nearby areas in Mindanao, we can now look forward that the 2010 elections will have a major improvement than our previous elections. That instead of waiting for the result for months, we can hopefully expect the results much faster.
Whether the cha-cha will push through or not, I believe that the computerization will help us to lessen the frauds and other malpractices.
More importantly, like all Filipinos, we need to be vigilant as this 2010 election will be critical if any form of our government will be successful or not.
reference: http://www.comelec.gov.ph/
